I have mentioned the book a few times, but it bears mentioning again. Bits and Pieces (Martingale) has a lot of great small quilts to use up those scraps you have laying around. This first quilt was an Americana quilt. The fabrics we used weren't what I would have chosen, but we were trying to sell some fabric we inherited when we bought out another shop.
I love the name of this quilt. It is also in the book Bits and Pieces. The quilt is called Waste Not, Want Not. How appropriate!
Tons of work today, so I can't dilly dally and bore you to tears....maybe tomorrow. How do you use up your stash? How do you store those little pieces you just can't bear to part with?
Blessings...
3 comments:
Love the little Americana quilt, such a simple design and blocks, creates a lovely pattern.
I never throw anything away so long as I can get a 1/4" seam around all sides. I usually save the smallest pieces for making foundation paper pieced pincushions, larger pieces I use in sampler blocks or HST, just love the scrappy look!!!
Boy, that last one of HST is an idea to use up the box of 1 1/2 inch Half square triangles I save off of other quilts.
You know I never throw those things away. Always sew them before cutting off.
I'm with you, Eileen. I save all of those triangles knowing that I will make something of them...some day! The pastel pinwheels quilt (a few blog posts ago) would also be a cute way to use them up! :)
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